Hospital Inpatient and Observation Care Services CPT® Code range 99221- 99239
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Hospital Inpatient and Observation Care Services 99221-99239 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.
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Am I correct in thinking that the only codes that are allowed to be billed as a Split (or Shared) are codes 99202-99215 (Other Outpatient) , 99217-99226 (Hospital Observation), 99221-99239 (Hospital I... [ Read More ]
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I recently started working for a mental health group that has several free standing 24 hour evaluation and treatment (E&T) facilities POS 51. They have been billing office or other outpatient E&M code... [ Read More ]
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No we are a cardiac surgeons office. We are being denied off other offices under diff NPI's and Diff specialties. To us these are NEW patients.
Their ne... [ Read More ]
I work for a Behavioral Health and am looking for E/M National Utilization Benchmarks for CPT codes 99221-23, 99231-33, 99238 and 99239. Does anyone where I can find this information? I tried the E/M ... [ Read More ]
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Since the Hospitalist formally admitted the patient as inpatient you would code as such since you are coding for the Hospitalist only. That being said using the information provided I would look a... [ Read More ]
How do I bill for a patient who had a vaginal delivery at 22 weeks for fetal demise? We only gave oral Cytotec to assist with the vaginal delivery. Can I bill the actual delivery code 59409 or would... [ Read More ]
No we are a cardiac surgeons office. We are being denied off other offices under diff NPI's and Diff specialties. To us these are NEW patients.
Their new policy states FOR ALL PLANS "We allow 1 of t... [ Read More ]
Our office started to get denials for E&M stating this was partially or fully furnished by another provider. This is for a NEW PATIENT! 99204
Their new policy states FOR ALL PLANS "We allow 1 of this... [ Read More ]
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[QUOTE="janellglascock@gmail.com, post: 409101, member: 98733"]I need some help regarding billing for car seat evaluations for inpatients over 28 days old or any outpatients. Cur... [ Read More ]